FreeDOS Scandisk - Compilation Errors for Pascal code
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PLEASE NOTE: if this post needs to be posted elsewhere, please let me know, as Delphi seemed like the nearesr Pascal related forum. Thanks. ORIGINAL POST: Hi I'm having difficulties using FreeDOS Scandisk, possibly because I'm not quite sure as to how to set up my hard drive format. 1. The PC's specs I was using to compile were: - A doubly partitioned hard drive, where C: had all system on it as a primary and active FAT32 partition, and where D: was a logical FAT32 - Borland Turbo Pascal 7.0 - The two files compiled correctly and produced an .EXE file - I booted the PC via some BootCD with Win98 system files and attempted to run FreeDOS Scandisk on pure MSDOS mode 2. The things I wasn't sure about were: - FreeDOS Scandisk appeared to report some of my C: and later D: information correctly, but also claimed there was some boot area read errors. - When FreeDOS Scandisk tried to do a surface scan, it would report a non-DOS disk for either C: or D: so that no scan was done. Any ideas on how to fix the above? Thanks in advance LL
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PLEASE NOTE: if this post needs to be posted elsewhere, please let me know, as Delphi seemed like the nearesr Pascal related forum. Thanks. ORIGINAL POST: Hi I'm having difficulties using FreeDOS Scandisk, possibly because I'm not quite sure as to how to set up my hard drive format. 1. The PC's specs I was using to compile were: - A doubly partitioned hard drive, where C: had all system on it as a primary and active FAT32 partition, and where D: was a logical FAT32 - Borland Turbo Pascal 7.0 - The two files compiled correctly and produced an .EXE file - I booted the PC via some BootCD with Win98 system files and attempted to run FreeDOS Scandisk on pure MSDOS mode 2. The things I wasn't sure about were: - FreeDOS Scandisk appeared to report some of my C: and later D: information correctly, but also claimed there was some boot area read errors. - When FreeDOS Scandisk tried to do a surface scan, it would report a non-DOS disk for either C: or D: so that no scan was done. Any ideas on how to fix the above? Thanks in advance LL
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Fat32 and Win98 are old technology, I doubt that any support still exists for either.
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Hi Well, I guess you'll be surprised to know, but there are still people and oddly enough even whole companies that deal with that stuff. For example, FreeDOS latest update is from only couple of days ago: Another example, there's this company called Symantec (I don't know if you've heard of them) who make one specific software program that supports FAT32, even in this day and age - it's called Norton Ghost: One would imagine that this stuff has been made because there may still a demand for it.
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Hi Well, I guess you'll be surprised to know, but there are still people and oddly enough even whole companies that deal with that stuff. For example, FreeDOS latest update is from only couple of days ago: Another example, there's this company called Symantec (I don't know if you've heard of them) who make one specific software program that supports FAT32, even in this day and age - it's called Norton Ghost: One would imagine that this stuff has been made because there may still a demand for it.
FreeDOS Link: freedos.org Norton Ghost 15 Link: shop.symantecstore.com/store/symnahho/en_US/DisplayProductDetailsPage/ThemeID.106300/productID.166539400?resid=S50aXwoHAiwAACOFHWMAAAAH&rests=1268587103046